Historic Sites, Sligo Ireland

County Sligo is home to the greatest concentration of Stone Age structures in Western Europe. There are fascinating examples of most of the main types of monuments from the Megalithic (Middle Stone Age 4,000 - 5,000 years old) including Court Cairns, Passage Graves, Portal Dolmens, Wedge-shaped Tombs & Hill Forts. What makes these sites all the more amazing is that they are set in the beautiful countryside of County Sligo.  The tombs are often found with stunning mountain top views of Sligo and our neighbours Roscommon, Mayo, Leitrim and Donegal.  Even better, these sites are largely untouched and unspoilt by mass tourism and the scourge of unsympathetic visitor centers.  At Coopershill we can provide you with information and maps and pack you off with a delicious picnic to track down your 5,000 year old ancestors!

The best known sites include :
Carrowkeel: The most spectacularly situated site in Ireland
Carrowmore: 25 Boulder Circles, one of the largest sites in Europe
Queen Maeve’s Cairn: A huge Neolithic monument on the summit of Knocknarea